New Mirai Botnet Variant Found Targeting ZyXEL Devices In Argentina

While tracking botnet activity on their honeypot traffic, security researchers at Chinese IT security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered a new variant of Mirai—the well known IoT botnet malware that wreaked havoc last year. Last week, researchers noticed an increase in traffic scanning ports 2323 a...

Newly Published Exploit Code Used to Spread Mirai Variant

Qihoo 360 Netlab researchers reported on Friday that they are tracking an uptick in botnet activity associated with a variant of Mirai. Targeted are ports 23 and 2323 on internet-connected devices made by ZyXEL Communications that are using default admin/CenturyL1nk and admin/QwestM0dem telnet...

ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem Backdoor Account

Exploit Title: ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem - CenturyLink Hardcoded admin and root Telnet Password. Google Dork: n/a Date: 2017-10-31 Exploit Author: Matthew Sheimo Vendor Homepage: https://www.zyxel.com/ Software Link: n/a Version: PK5001Z 2.6.20.19 Tested on: Linux About: ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem is used by...

ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem - Backdoor Account Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications Exploit Title: ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem - CenturyLink Hardcoded admin and root Telnet Password. Exploit Author: Matthew Sheimo Vendor Homepage: https://www.zyxel.com/ Software Link: n/a Version: PK5001Z 2.6.20.19 Tested on: Linux About: ZyXEL...

ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem - Backdoor Account

Exploit Title: ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem - CenturyLink Hardcoded admin and root Telnet Password. Google Dork: n/a Date: 2017-10-31 Exploit Author: Matthew Sheimo Vendor Homepage: https://www.zyxel.com/ Software Link: n/a Version: PK5001Z 2.6.20.19 Tested on: Linux About: ZyXEL PK5001Z Modem is used by...

CVE-2016-10401

ZyXEL PK5001Z devices have zyad5001 as the su password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain root access if a non-root account password is known or a non-root default account exists within an ISP’s deployment of these devices. Recent assessments: Assessed Attacker Value: 0 Assesse...